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Dr. Ewa Olech is currently planning a rheumatoid arthritis clinical trial program at the School of Medicine in Las Vegas, where patients can try new and emerging therapies. Read more about Dr. Olech in the fall 2011 issue of Synapse. Photo by Edgar Antonio Nunez.

School of Medicine trauma surgeons Coates and Kuhls treat patients at the UMC trauma bay. Read more about the medical school's trauma surgeons in the fall 2011 issue of Synapse. Photo by Edgar Antonio Nunez.

Dr. Chakravarthy Kannan, professor of endocrinology; Layla Ajuziem, medical assistant; Shelly Shockley, registered nurse and Dr. Kenneth Izuora, assistant professor of endocrinology, are treating diabetes patients and providing education on this disease in southern Nevada. Read more about the new diabetes center in Las Vegas in the fall 2011 issue of Synapse. Photo by Edgar Antonio Nunez.

Family medicine resident Dr. Jeremy Bearfield "examines" standardized patient Sam Coleman in the William N. Pennington Health Sciences Building. Read more about the new health sciences building in the fall 2011 issue of Synapse. Photo by Anne McMillin.

Hagen serves as internal medicine residency director at the school's Reno campus. Read more about Dr. Hagen in the fall 2011 issue of Synapse. Photo by Anne McMillin